Am J Clin Nutr
February 1993
Osteoporosis is a complication of celiac disease in adulthood, but little is known about the influence of the disease on bone mineralization in children. In the present study we evaluated radial bone mineral content (BMC) in celiac children and adolescents at diagnosis and after they consumed a gluten-free diet (GFD). The BMC values of 33 celiac patients at diagnosis were significantly lower than those of 255 control subjects (P < 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBecause a close relationship between estrogen deficiency and osteoporosis has been proven, it is possible that lifelong estrogen deficiency might be the cause of osteopenia in Turner syndrome. This study was done to characterize the effect of estrogen therapy on bone mineralization in girls with Turner syndrome. Radial bone mineral content values were found to be below the 95% normal confidence interval in 44 of 49 untreated patients, aged 10.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMinerva Pediatr
December 1991
A study was carried out to characterize in the growing skeleton the absorptiometric measurement of the ultradistal radial epiphysis where the trabecular bone is higher than at proximal scanning planes. The study showed that a radius scan, 1 to 1.4 cm proximal to the ulnar tip, and consequently 4 to 6 mm proximal to the growing plate, gives reproducible informations in infants aged 6 years or more when the BMC, and not the BMC/BW, is considered, as the measurement error is 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn order to study the presence of possible renal damage, 12 patients who had been chronically treated with 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol therapy, 1,25(OH)2D3, for hypoparathyroidism, pseudohypoparathyroidism, and hypophosphatemic rickets were examined by renal ultrasound. Two patients had normal values while 10 subjects showed nephrocalcinosis (NC) of mild, medium, or severe degree. The echographic results have been related to some calcium-phosphorus metabolism and therapeutic parameters.
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